VFF’s contributions to new-style rural area building highlighted

As many as 2,884 communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognised as new-style rural areas by the end of November 2017. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – It is necessary to
continue assessing public satisfaction with outcomes of new-style rural area
building seriously in order to promote responsibility and role of the Vietnam
Fatherland Front in the work, heard a seminar in Hanoi on December 28.

Besides, a set of national criteria for model new-style rural areas and another
set of criteria for model new-style residential areas should be set forth soon
for recognised new rural communes.

Participants at the seminar also stressed the need to build more regulations
and mechanisms to attract investments in agriculture and rural areas, as well
as a legal corridor in producing, purchasing and processing agro-forestry-fishery
products.

Over the past time, through campaigns and movements launched by the VFF and its
member organisations, people have actively participated in production chains of
new-style cooperatives, applied high-technologies in production, and protected
the environment as well as cultural values.

As a result, as many as 2,884
communes or 32.3 percent of communes nationwide were recognised as new-style
rural areas by the end of November 2017, surpassing the target of at least 31
percent.

Of the total, 326 communes have met the new national criteria on new rural
communes during 2016-2020, according to the Coordination Office of the National
Target Programme on New-Style Rural Area Building.

As of December 15, 43 district-level units in 24 centrally-run cities and
provinces have been certified as new rural areas, up 13 districts compared with
the end of 2016 and exceeding the target of 38.

The General Statistics Office revealed that as of the end of 2016, 99.4 percent
of communes nationwide have auto-accessible roads to commune centres. All
communes and 97.8 percent of villages are connected with the national power
grid. Meanwhile, 99.7 percent of communes have preschools and elementary
schools and 99.5 percent of communes have medical centres.

Some 3,854 production models have been connected
with each other by value chains. There are 11,183 agricultural cooperatives,
with each earning an average of 1.1 billion VND (48,400 USD) annually.

Notably, localities have set forth roadmaps to deal
with debts in infrastructure construction. -VNA